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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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