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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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