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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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