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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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