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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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