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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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