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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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