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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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