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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the major 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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