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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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