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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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