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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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