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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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