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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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