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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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