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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently 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 institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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