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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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