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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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