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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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