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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in digital education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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