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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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