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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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