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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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