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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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