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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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