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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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