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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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