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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in 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. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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