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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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