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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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