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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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