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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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