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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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