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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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