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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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