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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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