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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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