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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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