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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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