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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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