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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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