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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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