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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition