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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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