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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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