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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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