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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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