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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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