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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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