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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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