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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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