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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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