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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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