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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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