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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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