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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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