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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key 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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