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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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