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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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