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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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