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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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