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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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