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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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