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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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