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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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