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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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