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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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