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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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