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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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