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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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