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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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