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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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