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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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