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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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