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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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