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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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