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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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