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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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