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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes 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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