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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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