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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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