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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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