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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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