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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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