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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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