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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning enable students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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