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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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