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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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