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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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