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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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