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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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