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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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