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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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