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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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