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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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