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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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