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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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