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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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