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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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