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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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