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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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