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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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