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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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