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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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