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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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