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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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