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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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