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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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