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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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