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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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