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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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