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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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