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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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