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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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