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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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