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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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