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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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