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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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