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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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