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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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