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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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