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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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