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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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