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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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