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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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