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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education