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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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