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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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