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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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