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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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