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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the 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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