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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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