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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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