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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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