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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses 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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