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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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