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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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