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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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