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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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