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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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