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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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