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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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