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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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