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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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