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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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