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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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