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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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