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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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