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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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