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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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