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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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