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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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