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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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