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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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