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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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