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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education have enabled learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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