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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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