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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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