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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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