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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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