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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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