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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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