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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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