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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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