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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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