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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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