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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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