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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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