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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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