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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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