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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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