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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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