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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open educational ventures. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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