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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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