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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational ventures. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses 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. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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