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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are empowering learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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