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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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