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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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