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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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