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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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