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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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