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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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