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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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