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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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