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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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