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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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