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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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