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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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