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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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