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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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