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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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