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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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