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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Scholars want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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