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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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