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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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