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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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