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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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