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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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