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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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