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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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