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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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