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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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