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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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