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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand these important new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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