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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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