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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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