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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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