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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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