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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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