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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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