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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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