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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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