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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not 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 topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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