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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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