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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also describes the key 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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