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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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