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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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