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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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