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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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