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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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