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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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