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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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