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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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