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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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