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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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