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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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