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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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