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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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