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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about 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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