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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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