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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 (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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