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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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