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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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