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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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