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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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