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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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