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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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