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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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