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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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