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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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