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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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