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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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