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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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