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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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