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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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