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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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