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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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