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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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