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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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