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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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