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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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