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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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