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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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