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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational undertakings. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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