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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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