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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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