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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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