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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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