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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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