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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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