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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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