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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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