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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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