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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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