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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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