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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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