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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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