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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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