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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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