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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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