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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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