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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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