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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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