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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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