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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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