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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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