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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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