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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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