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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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