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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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