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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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