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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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