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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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