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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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