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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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