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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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