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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the key 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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