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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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