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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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