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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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