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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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