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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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