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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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