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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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