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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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