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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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