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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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