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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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