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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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