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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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