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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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