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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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