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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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