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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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