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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in 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. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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