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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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