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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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