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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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