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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always 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 issues that online education organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies 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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