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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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