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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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