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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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