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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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