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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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