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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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