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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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