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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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