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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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