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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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