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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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