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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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