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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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