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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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