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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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