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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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