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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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