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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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