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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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