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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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