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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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