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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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