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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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