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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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