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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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