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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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