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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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