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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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