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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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