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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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