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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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