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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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