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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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