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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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