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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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