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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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