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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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