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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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