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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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