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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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