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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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