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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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