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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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