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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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