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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important 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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