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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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