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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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