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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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