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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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