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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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