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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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