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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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