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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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