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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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