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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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