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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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