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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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