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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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