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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly 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 many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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