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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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