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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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