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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take 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. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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