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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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