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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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