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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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