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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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