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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating 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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