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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand these open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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