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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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