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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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