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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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