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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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