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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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