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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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