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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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