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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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