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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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