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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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