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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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