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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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