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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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