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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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