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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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