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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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