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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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