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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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