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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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