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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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