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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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