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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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