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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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