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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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