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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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