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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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