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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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