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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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