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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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