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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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