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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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