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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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