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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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