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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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