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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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