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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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