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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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