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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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