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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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