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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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