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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning enable humans all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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