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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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