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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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