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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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