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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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