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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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