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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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