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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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