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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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