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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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