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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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