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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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