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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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