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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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