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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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