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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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