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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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