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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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