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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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