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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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