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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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