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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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