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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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