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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning enable learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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