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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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