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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education make it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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