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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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