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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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