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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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