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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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