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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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