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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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