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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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