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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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