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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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