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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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