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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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