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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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