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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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