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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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