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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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