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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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