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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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