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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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