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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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