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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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