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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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