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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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