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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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