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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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