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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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