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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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