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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources