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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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