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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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