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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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