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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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