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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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