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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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