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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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