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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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