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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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