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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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