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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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