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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the major 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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