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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to understand these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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