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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the 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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