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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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