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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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