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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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