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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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