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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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