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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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