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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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