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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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