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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic educational technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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