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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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