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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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