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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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