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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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