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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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