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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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