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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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