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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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