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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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