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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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