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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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