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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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