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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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