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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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