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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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