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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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