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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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