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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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