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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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